USN-8998-1

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    USN-8998-1

    Published: 4 Nov 2026Last Modified: 5 Nov 2026

    Summary: squid vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain HTTP Transfer- Encoding headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks, bypass security mechanisms, or poison web caches.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8998-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-61642

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squid

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid?arch=source&distro=resolute

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.7-0ubuntu0.26.04.2

    Affected versions

    6.13-1ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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